[stormer]

"Like the Demiurge of the Gnostics, for example. Or the Satan of the Albigensian Cathars."


Whatever. I promise not to be a philosopher if you promise not to be a scientist.

[wideawake]

Whatever. I promise not to be a philosopher if you promise not to be a scientist.

You miss the point.

The insinuation is that the designer which ID postulates is simply identical with the personal God of the ancient Hebrews described in Genesis.

That is simply not so.

The Elohim of Genesis could fit the bill, but another entity which does not share all his attributes (like omniscience, omnipresence, omnipotence, etc.) could also fit the bill.

ID postulates an intelligence or intelligences - not a specific one.